Natura - nature actualia - actual entities Mundus Plinius - physical world naturalia - natural bodies "crystal-kingdom" chemical substances reactive intermediates Class diradicals [X:, X•Y•] Class carbenes [X2C:, X=C:] 1 Class alkylidenes [R2C:] 2 Class alkylidynes [RC:•] 3 Class acyl carbenes [acyl-C:R] 4 Class imidoyl carbenes [RC(=NR)C:R] 5 Class vinyl carbenes [R2C=CRC:R <-> R2C+CR=C-R]